With Online Audio-First Lessons Hammered Dulcimer is designed to instruct beginning players on the instrument. The melodies in this collection include a variety of hymns holiday music and fiddle tunes written in standardnotation with instructions on how to read the notation. Lyrics and suggested chords for accompanying instruments are also included. The accompanying online recording offers two tracks for each selection: a performance track withrhythm Guitar and an instructional track with detailed phrase-by-phrase demonstration. The guided audio instruction at a slow tempo will prove invaluable for the 'by ear' player. This method provides a 'private lesson' approachfor success on the hammered Dulcimer.Designed to instruct beginning players.Includes a variety of hymns holiday music and fiddle tunes.Written in standard notation.Lyrics and suggestedchords included accompanying online recording including two tracks for each selection: a performance track and an instructional track.

This sizeable collection of hammered dulcimer tunes brings together over 225 old-time and Celtic traditional tunes that are commonly heard at gatherings of old-time musicians. This is music that has been passed down vocally orlearned by ear instrumentally and derived from countries where many of our ancestors originated. Trying to separate American and Celtic traditional music is an impossible task as so many of the tunes we consider our own areadapted versions of tunes passed on to us from other countries and would fit into either category. This book therefore features favorite selections from both American and Celtic traditions. These instrumental arrangements arewritten in standard notation only with chord symbols.

Media Type : Book Level : Beginning-Intermediate Musical Genre : Acoustic Music Number of pages : 88 Beginning and Intermediate players who have developed a repertoire of melodies will be walked step by step through the process of arranging their tunes. Lessons provide a detailed explanation and numerous examples of root position chords and their inversions on the 12-11 and larger sized hammered dulcimer. Simple tunes are provided for the reader to incorporate newly acquired knowledge of chord theory. Descriptions of bounces, triplets, doubling, counter melodies, arpeggios, scale runs, extended chords, etc. are included as well as opportunities to create arrangements utilizing these techniques.